Exploiting the possibilities of the most banal material and extracting it from its utilitarian context and inserting it into the world of high art that results in a straightforward simplicity and deep sophistication, the American minimalist artist, Dan Flavin, is best known for his seminal installation of light fixtures.
Creating dazzling, instantly recognizable narratives with a dense and somewhat shadowy atmospheric treatment, the Italian painter, Fra Bartolommeo, is celebrated as one of the most innovative and accomplished painters of the Italian Renaissance.
Revolutionizing the technique of color photography with the application of Autochrome Lumiere process, the Luxembourgian-born American photographer and painter, Edward J. Steichen, was considered the greatest portrait photographer of the 20th century.
Absorbing the workings and psychology of the royal court to portrait the Spanish royal family in an unprecedented documentary fashion and aristocratic elegance, the Spanish Baroque Era painter, Juan Carreño de Miranda, is considered the most important Spanish court painter of the Baroque period after Diego Velázquez.
Capturing the essence and beauty of everyday objects and seeking to make the commonplace unusual, the American photographer, Edward Weston is remembered for revolutionizing photography and bringing it into the modern age with his radical approach to composition, lighting, focus, and form.
Introducing the most iconic visual images and symbols including the New Year's baby, the pudgy red-garbed rendition of Santa Claus, flowers for Mother's Day, and firecrackers on the 4th of July, the magazines covers produced by the American Golden Age Illustrator, J. C. Leyendecker, are celebrated for establishing an enduring tradition in America.
Blending Cubist structure with Fauvist color, Expressionist energy, and touches of Surrealism to evoke psychological and spatial relationship, the German-born American painter, Hans Hofmann is famous for his fusion style that paved the way for abstract expressionism.
Reconstructing the events or situations set in ancient history and making the details of the paintings as archeologically accurate as possible, the English classicist painter, Sir Edward Poynter is remembered for his contribution to art history and his academic art.
Exploring the expressive, often mysterious effects of light, the small and intricate paintings on copper produced by the German Baroque Era Painter, Adam Elsheimer, are best known for their technical precision and inventive explorations of landscapes.
Seeking a synthesis between the external world and the experience of the inner world of the artist, the strong colored “abstract heads” of Russian-born German Expressionist painter, Alexey von Jawlensky, are famous for their mystical intensity that expresses his spiritual strivings and convictions.
Delineating the ordinary pedestrian and depicting robust female shoppers in groups, pairs or alone, the American painter, Kenneth Hayes Miller is best known for his fascination with human figure as a vehicle for plastic interpretation.
Transporting the viewer into a world of surreal eroticism and aesthetic symbolism, the German painter and lithographer, Paul Wunderlich, is remembered as the most important representative of magical realism.